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Archer, opening the evening, SacramentoApart from Like a Storm, who had a tiny-little-bit more light, the entire evening was rather... dark. From a photographer's point-of-view, that is. As mentioned earlier in the Hellyeah review, better just to watch...

Kyle Nicolaides, Beware of Darkness, SacramentoCheck out Beware of Darkness' new mixtape/EP, Sanctuary Season. You can also buy it on iTunes now.A little more electro than Orthodox, but still with the haunting Nicolaides vocals--especially A Stranger S...

Chad Gray, HellyeahWe could have stayed home and watched the Grammies, but we preferred to go to the Ace of Spades. fill it with humanity, and see a great night of rock, instead. Because we all know how much rock there is at the Grammies, right? And be...

I preface this review with the fact that, much as I really wanted to see Otep again, by ten PM on Thursday the 'flu, a migraine, and three weeks of non-stop travel caught up with me with a vengeance... and rather than hide out in the bathroom at the Bo...

ZeroclientThe Sammies are SN&R (Sacramento News and Review)'s annual celebration of local music talent, and this year's nominees are all listed here on http://newsreview.comNominees include Zeroclient (on stage tonight at The Boardwalk), and ...

Let's be clear: I wanted to love this pizza.My version of Cooking Light's sausage and kale pesto pizza, cooked in a cast iron skillet.The image of bubbly cheese, bronze crust, rich pesto and sausage jumped off the pages of my January Cooking Light...

Cast: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park, Lizzy CaplanDirectors: Seth Rogen and Evan GoldbergRated: R Run Time: 1 Hour 52 MinutesNorth Korea declared the release of The Interview an act of war and the production company behind it ...

Cast: Martin Freeman, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Ian McKellenDirector: Peter JacksonRated: Pg-13 Run Time: 2 Hours 24 MinutesMiddle-earth is not the most peaceful places, but then again it would be hard to think that it were ...

FallRiseAn acoustic evening with FallRise last night at Citrus Height's Back 9 Bar and Grill. Intimate setting, lots of fans and friends; not just music, but questions-and-answers, signings, and more.Not all bands are brave enough to go unplugged. Fall...

The dragon was once feared in the Viking village of Berk. The fear of the dragon is nothing more than the past now five years later in Dean DeBlois' How to Train Your Dragon 2.In the exciting sequel to 2010's How to Train Your Dragon we find Hicu...